PILEATED WOODPECKER. 
LOG-COCK. BLACK WOODCOCK. 
CEOPHLEUS PILEATUS. 
CHAR. General color greenish black; wide stripe of white from the 
bill down the sides of the neck; chin, throat, and part of wings white or 
pale yellow. Male with scarlet crown, crest, and cheek patch. Female 
with crest partly black and no scarlet on cheek. Length about 18 
inches. 
Lest. Ina deep forest or the seclusion of a swampy grove; excavated 
in high trees, and lined only with fine chips. 
Eggs. 4-6; snow white and glossy; 1.25 X 1.00. 
This large and common Woodpecker, considerably resem- 
bling the preceding species, is not unfrequent in well-timbered 
forests from Mexico and Oregon to the remote regions of 
Canada, as far as the 63d degree of north latitude ; and in all 
the intermediate region he resides, breeds, and passes most of 
the year, retiring in a desultory manner only into the Southern 
States for a few months in the most inclement season from the 
North and West. In Pennsylvania, however, he is seen as 
a resident more or less throughout the whole year; and Mr. 
